Johannes Alberti

Johannes Alberti

Johannes Alberti (born March 6, 1698 in Assen , † August 13, 1762 in Leiden ) was a Dutch Reformed theologian and philologist.

Life

The son of the miller Albert Jan had attended the Latin school in his place of birth and developed a great interest in science and literature. At the age of 17 he enrolled at Franeker University in 1713 , where he was able to study at the expense of a Dutch nobleman. He was particularly enthusiastic about the Semitic languages ​​and studying the Greek language. During his six years of study he had attended lectures in Greek with Lambert Bos (1670-1717), the oriental languages ​​with Albert Schultens and the theological lectures of Campegius Vitringa the Elder . In 1718 he completed his studies in Franeker with the defense of the treatiseDissertatio metaphysico-theologica de miraculis .

After visiting various theological figures, he continued his studies at Leiden University in 1720 . In 1721 Alberti became pastor in the North Dutch village of Hoogwoud . Here he continued further studies of the Greek language and Greek writers and dealt more intensively with the New Testament . The fruit of his research appeared in 1725 under the title Observationes philologicae in sacros Novi Foederis libros . Here he examined text passages of the New Testament for parallels to passages of older Greek literature. In 1726 he went to Krommenie as a pastor and found a new place of work in Haarlem in 1728 .

During this time he had gained a great reputation and was appointed professor of theology by the curators of the University of Leiden on July 12, 1740. After he received his doctorate in theology on September 27th of that year in Leiden, he took over his chair on October 5th of the same year with the speech De theologiae et critices connubio . During his free time in the parish and university service he devoted himself to the publication of the Hesychius Lexicon, which was completed by David Ruhnken . It appeared in Leiden in 1746 and 1766 under the title Heychii Lexicon cum notis doctorum virorum integris in two volumes. Alberti also took part in the organizational tasks of the Leiden University and was rector of the Alma Mater in 1748/49 , for which he gave the speech pro Poesi theologis utili (Leiden 1749) to resign from office . Then he got tuberculosis.

The theologian, who had made a name for himself in the expansion and enlightenment of Greek literature, had - due to his tolerant opinion on the connection between the philosophical sciences and the theological sciences - to face some hostility from the Dutch orthodox camp. In 1753 he became a member of the Dutch Society of Sciences in Haarlem. In order to counteract the health problems, he had attended cures in Aachen and Spa . However, his health deteriorated, which at times led to symptoms of paralysis. Nevertheless, it did not prevent him from continuing his duties as a teaching body and his research on Norse mythology. In 1762 he fell ill with scarlet fever and died a few weeks later.

Alberti was married twice. His first marriage was on July 30, 1721 in Leiden with Katharina Lucia van Ravestein (* April 12, 1697; † 1735), the daughter of Paul von Ravenstein and his wife Catharina van de Kapelle. His second marriage was in 1736 with Joanna Catharina de Graat (1711–1781).

Works

• Observationes philologicae in SNT libros. Leiden 1725
• Periculum criticum. Leiden 1727
• Observationum criticarum in Hesychium specimen. Bremen 1727
• Annotationum philolog. in NT ex Philone Judaeo coll. Specimen. Bremen 1727
• Glossarium graecum in SNSF libros. Leiden 1735
• Oratio inauguralis de theologiae et critices connubio. Leiden 1740
• Hesychii lexicon graecum. Leiden 1746, 1766, 2nd vol.
• Oratio pro poësi theologis utili. Leiden 1749

literature

• Er - Gruber : General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, Leipzig, 1819, 1st section, volume 2, p. 363 ( uni-goettingen.de ).
• Johann Christoph Adelung : Continuation and additions to Christian Gottlieb Jöchers Schehrten-Lexico, in which the writers of all classes are described according to their most distinguished living conditions and writings. Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, Leipzig, 1784, Volume 1, Col. 419-420, ( books.google.de ).
• Johann Christoph Strodtmann; Ferdinand Stosch: The new scholarly Europe. Johann Christoph Meißner, Wolfenbüttel, 1759, volume 14, p. 281 ( books.google.de ) and 1764, Volume 18, p. 477 ( books.google.de ).
• Hugo Visscher, Lambregt Abraham van Langeraad: Biographical woordenboek van protestantsche godgeleerden in Nederland. Kemink & Zoon, Utrecht, 1907, Volume 1, pp. 72-82 ( dbnl.org , Dutch).
• RA Flinterman: Alberti, Joan. In: Biografisch Lexicon voor de geschiedenis van het Nederlands Protestantisme. UitgeversMaatschappij JH Kok, Kampen, 1988, ISBN 90-242-4461-7 , Volume 3, p. 17 ( historici.nl , Dutch).
• Laurentius Knappert: Alberti (Johannes) . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 1. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 58–60 (Dutch, knaw.nl / dbnl.org - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1911, reprinted unchanged).
• Abraham Jacob van der Aa : Biographical Woordenboek der Nederlanden. Verlag JJ van Brederode, Haarlem, 1852, Volume 1, p. 147, ( historici.nl , Dutch).
• Barend Glasius: Biographical Woordenboek van Nederlandsche Godgeleerden. Muller Brothers, 's-Hertogenbosch 1851, Volume 1, p. 18, ( historici.nl , Dutch).

Web links

• Works by and about Johannes Alberti  in the German Digital Library